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  • Assessing Risk for Insurance Funded by Zero Coupons with Stochastic Interest Rates
    moments of insurance assuming various discrete mortality models with interest rates that follow an autoregressive ... annuities and life insurance assuming a discrete mortality model with interest rates driven by a normal ...

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    • Authors: H Tolley, HENRY CONRAD WURTS
    • Date: Jan 1996
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
  • Modeling Political Risk Insurance: Utility Maximization Perspective
    agency providers, such as OPIC, and MIGA. James (2000) argues that there is no enough experience or data ... a(U) and is more risk averse than an investor with utility function U. a(U) is a function of U and ...

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    • Authors: Min-Ming Wen, Chao-Chun (Vicki) Leng
    • Date: Sep 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
  • Risk/Return, a Chimera?
    years. This can be observed in Table 1, an example of a gold return. Table 1 Gold Return Global Return ... 1970–1980 1607% 33% 1980–1990 -38% -5% 1990–2000 -27% -3% 2000–2010 339% 16% FEBRUARY 2017 RISKS & REWARDS ...

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    • Authors: Sylvestre Frezal
    • Date: Feb 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Portfolio management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    be applied to other equity indices as well. The S&P 500 just happens to have a lot of historical data ... long term average returns. Using S&P data from 1871 to 2013, the table below shows the components of ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Eric Janecek
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: Gambler’s Fallacy: Probability of Reversion currency risk;investment ...

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    • Authors: Kailan Shang, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    which caused a macroeconomic shock. The 1993 to 2000 expansion re- sulted in overinvestment in techn ... (Perhaps we are on the way there in the $17 trillion U.S. Treasury bond market, although I don’t get that ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Paul Conlin
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    models on the asset side of the equation. • Mortality is a natural process that conforms to regular ... of past mortality tend to be reliable indicators of the incidence of future mortality. There are ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Nicholas John Macleod
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Invest Fallacies: Active management overall performs different ... benchmarks – e.g. due to differences in the Russell 2000 and the S&P Small Cap 600. However, these explanations ...

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    • Authors: R Inglis, Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies e-book
    Investment Fallacies e-book Investment Fallacies: The "Dollar Bill" Fallacy currency ... extreme case, a purchase against the S&P500 index in July 2000 would yield a nominal taxable gain of ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Gary Thomas
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments
  • Investment Fallacies
    Investment Fallacies E-book contains 16 topical essays that express the opinions and thoughts ... John Macleod Bitcoin Fallacies By Larry Zhao Gambler’s Fallacy: Probability of Reversion By Kailan Shang ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Leslie Smith
    • Date: Sep 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment policy; Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Value at risk - Finance & Investments